Feds Detail Progress on Pandemic Preparedness

December 29, 2006 by Lisa Schnirring and Robert Roos Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

Jeff Levi, PhD, executive director of Trust for America's Health (TFAH), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit public health advocacy group, commended federal officials for meeting most of the 6-month benchmarks in the pandemic plan.
"This first phase of the federal pandemic preparedness plan moved at full speed ahead," he said in a Dec 18 TFAH press release. "It has been an historic government-wide effort, and the release of the results demonstrates a serious commitment to transparency and accountability, allowing Americans to see how well their tax dollars are being spent to improve preparedness for a major health emergency."